Donnie Wahlberg Through the Years

Dorchester native Donnie Wahlberg has gone from singer in the infamous boy band New Kids on the Block to starring as various detectives in multiple films and television series. Take a look at highlights of his career (and appearances at Celtics games).
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Wahlberg got his start singing for the Boston-based boy band “New Kids on the Block” in the 1980s and 1990s. Though the group disbanded in 1994, the Kids reunited in 2008 to embark on a world tour and released the album “The Block.”

In the ten-part series “Band of Brothers,” which aired on HBO in 2001, Wahlberg starred as Carwood Lipton. The series followed the story of a United States Army unit from their training in Georgia in 1942 through the Battle of the Bulge and the capture of Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest” retreat at Berchtesgaden.
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Michael Madsen, foreground, and Donnie Wahlberg acted together in “Big Apple,” a 2001 CBS television series about the FBI and NYPD battling the mob in New York City.
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The 2002 NBC series “Boomtown” also found Wahlberg in the role of detective. Here, he’s pictured in the pilot episode with costars, from left, Mykelti Williamson, Jason Gedrick, and Gary Basaraba.
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Wahlberg took on the role of detective Eric Mathews in the “Saw” film series.
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Wahlberg worked alongside James Franco (pictured) and Tyrese Gibson in the 2006 flick “Annapolis,” about a young man who dreams of entering the United States Naval Academy.
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In ABC’s 2006 television miniseries “The Path to 9/11,” Wahlberg played Kirk, a CIA operative.
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In the short-lived CW television series “Runaway,” Wahlberg played character Paul Rader, who was wrongly convicted of a crime and attempting to hide from the government. The show was canceled after just three episodes.
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Walhberg played hostage negotiator Captain Horst Cali of the Pittsburgh Police Department in the Spike TV series “The Kill Point,” which aired for one season in 2007.
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During their New Kids On The Block reunion tour, Wahlberg, left, and Jordan Knight performed at the House of Blues in Boston on Dec. 20, 2009.
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In the 2010 TNT series “Rizzoli & Isles,” Wahlberg took a guest role as Lieutenant Joey Grant for two episodes.
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As a Boston native, Wahlberg is a die-hard Celtics fan. Sitting with his brother Mark, left, and Adam Sandler, right, Walhberg cheered on the Celtics as they took on the Lakers at the Los Angeles Staples Center in December of 2007.
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Wahlberg got a chance to shoot the T-shirt gun during Game Six of the 2008 NBA Finals, which pitted the Celtics against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Sitting with Anthony Anderson, left, Wahlberg took in Madison Square Garden as the Celtics took on the New York Knicks in April 2010.
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When the Boston Celtics played the Orlando Magic in Game Four of the 2010 Eastern Conference Finals in Boston, Wahlberg was sure to be in attendance. He shook hands with Nate Robinson during half time.
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In 2010, Wahlberg took on the role detective Danny Reagan on the CBS drama “Blue Bloods.” The network renewed the show for a fifth season in March.
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Wahlberg’s affinity for law enforcement extends to behind the camera as well. He serves as executive producer on the TNT reality series, “Boston’s Finest,” which chronicles the lives of officers from four different units of the Boston Police Department.

Pictured: Wahlberg shooting a promotion for the show in Boston on Sept. 15, 2013.
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A&E

Wahlberg also stars in the hit A&E reality series “Wahlburgers,” which features his family as well as their Hingham burger joint.

Pictured from left: Paul and Donnie Wahlberg at Wahlburgers in Hingham.
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Pictured from left: Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny Mccarthy attended Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2014 on December 31, 2013 in New York.
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Wahlberg is still touring with the other members of the New Kids on The Block. The band announced in April that they will be hitting the high seas for a new reality show—set on a boat cruise—for the TV Guide Channel.

Pictured from left: Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood, Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, and Donnie Wahlberg performed on stage at the Jahrhunderthalle concert venue in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on May 17.
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